Microbiota-Focused Dietary Approaches to Support Health: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: Diet affects the intestinal microbiota. Increasingly, research is linking the intestinal microbiota to various human health outcomes. Consumption of traditional prebiotics (inulin, fructo-oligosaccharides, and galacto-oligosaccharides) confers health benefits through substrate utilization by select intestinal microorganisms, namely Bifidobacterium and Lactobacilli spp. A similar but distinct concept focused on microorganisms to support human health is through direct consumption of certain live microorganisms recognized as probiotics, which classically include Lactobacilli or Bifidobacterium strains. With advances in sequencing technologies and culturing techniques, other novel functional intestinal microorganisms are being increasingly identified and studied to determine how they may under

SUBMITTER: Hindle VK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11867136 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature